山东省济南市高考英语阅读理解九月统练（4）(1).doc

2015山东省济南市高考英语阅读理解九月统练（4）及答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。it was saturday. as always, it was a busy one, for “six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. outside, father and mr. patrick next door were busy in chopping firewood. inside their own houses, mother and mrs. patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. now, even at the risk of having brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(线). it seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today. my mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. again she cast a look toward the window. “come on, girls! lets take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute.”on the way we met mrs. patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. there never was such a day for flying kites! we played all our fresh string into the boys kites and they went up higher and higher. we could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again. even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. i think we were all beside ourselves. parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “perhaps its like this in the kingdom of heaven,” i thought confusedly. it was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the houses. i suppose we had some sort of supper. i suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on sunday looked clean and orderly enough. the strange thing was, we didnt mention that day afterward. i felt a little embarrassed. surely none of the others had been as excited as i. i locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep“the things that cannot be and yet they are.” the years went on, then one day i was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to“go park, see duck.”“i cant go!” i said. “i have this and this to do, and when im through ill be too tired to walk that far.” my mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. “its a wonderful day,” she offered, “really warm, yet theres a fine breeze. do you remember that day we flew kites?”i stopped in my dash between stove and sink. the locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “come on,” i told my little girl. “youre right, its too good a day to miss.”another decade passed. we were in the aftermath(余波)of a great war. all evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest patrick boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. he had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. what was he thinking ofwhat dark and horrible things? “say!” a smile slipped out from his lips. “do you rememberno, of course you wouldnt. it probably didnt make the impression on you as it did on me.”i hardly dared speak. “remember what?”“i used to think of that day a lot in pow camp(战俘营), when things werent too good. do you remember the day we flew the kites?”1. mrs. patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought.a. she was too old to fly kitesb. her husband would make fun of herc. she should have been doing her housework thend. her girls werent supposed to play the boys game2. by“we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all .a. felt confusedb. went wild with joyc. looked ond. forgot their fights3. what did the writer think after the kite-flying? a. the boys must have had more fun than the girls.b. they should have finished their work before playing.c. her parents should spend more time with them.d. all the others must have forgotten that day.4. why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing? a. she suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.b. she was reminded of the day they flew kites.c. she had finished her work in the kitchen.d. she thought it was a great day to play outside.5. the youngest patrick boy is mentioned to show that.a. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memoriesb. his experience in pow camp threw a shadow over his lifec. childhood friendship means so much to the writerd. people like him really changed a lot after the war【参考答案】1-5 、cbdbapassage eighteen (strictly ban smoking)if you smoke and you still dont believe that theres a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. no one will accuse you of hypocrisy. let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of wishful thinking. this neednt make you too uncomfortable because you are in good company. whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised, the governments of most countries hear no evil, see no evil and smell no evil. admittedly, a few governments have taken timid measures. in britain for instance, cigarette advertising has been banned on television. the conscience of the nation is appeased, while the population continues to puff its way to smoky, cancerous death.you dont have to look very far to find out why the official reactions to medical findings have been so lukewarm. the answer is simply money. tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. its almost like a tax on our daily bread. in tax revenue alone, the government of britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. so while the authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may, conceivable, be harmful, it doesnt do to shout too loudly about it.this is surely the most short-sighted policy you could imagine. while money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. countless valuable lives are lost. in the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether.of course, we are not ready for such a drastic action. but if the governments of the world were honestly concerned about the welfare of their peoples, youd think theyd conduct aggressive anti-smoking campaigns. far from it! the tobacco industry is allowed to spend staggering sums on advertising. its advertising is as insidious as it is dishonest. we are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. that would never do. the advertisement always depict virile, clean-shaven young men. they suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy! smoking is associated with the great open-air life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness. what utter nonsense!for a start, governments could begin by banning all cigarette and tobacco advertising and should then conduct anti-smoking advertising campaigns of their own. smoking should be banned in all public places like theatres, cinemas and restaurants. great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit. a horrific warning say, a picture of a deaths head should be included in every packet of cigarettes that is sold. as individuals, we are certainly weak, but if governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.1.why do a few governments take timid measures toward smoking?a because they are afraid of people.because diseases cost a lot.c because they are afraid of the cutting down of their revenue.d because they are afraid of manufacturers.2.the tone of this passage isa critical.ironical.c distaste.d amusing.3.what does the sentence “because you are in good company” mean?a you are backed by the government.you are not alone.c you have good colleagues.d governments are blind to evils of smoking too.4.what is the best title of this passage?a world governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking.world governments take timid measures against smoking.c smoking is the most important source of income to many countries.d tobacco industry spends a large sum of money on medical research.vocabulary1.a wishful thinking 根据愿望的想法，不顾事实的想法2.puff 喷 puff its way to 一路吞云吐雾走向（指抽烟抽到死）3.lukewarm 冷淡/漠然4.insidious 阴险的，狡猾的5.virile 年富力强的写作方法与文章大意这是一篇“要求政府禁烟”的论说文，采用因果对比手法。先以讽刺口吻指出政府对禁烟的态度软弱无力。然后点明软弱的原因大量税收。再以抽烟大严重后果，机器所花去的钱说明得不偿失。而烟草工业广告泛滥，毒化人们。从而提出政府应从禁止烟广告作起。答案详解1.c 因为他们害怕收入减少。答案见第二段。“你不用看得很远就能发现为什么官方对医学成果的反应如此冷淡，答案就是钱。烟草是征税的最奇妙的商品，几乎就像日用面包的税收。光烟草税收一项，英国政府就从抽烟人身上征到足以支付整个教育措施的费用。所以在当局那么谨慎地指出吸烟有害时，可以想象，喊叫得太响时不行的。”a.他们害怕人民。d.他们害怕厂商。文中没有。b.疾病花费很大和软弱无力的禁烟措施有关。不是花费大而采取弱政策。2.b 讽刺语气。特别表现在第一段、第四段。a.批评语气，整篇文章都在批评，这不是什么语气问题。这里时以讽刺的口吻加以批评政府软弱的禁烟政策。c.厌恶。d.有趣。3.d 政府对吸烟的恶果也是视而不见。a.政府支持。太明朗化。b.你不是单独一人。和c.你有好同事，都是似是而非的答案。这可以上下文说明，第一段：“假如你吸烟，依然认为吸烟和支气管炎、心脏病、肺癌等毫无关系，那你是自欺欺人。可没有人会说你虚伪。我们可以说你是患有一厢情愿病。这你无需太难受，因为你有好伙伴。每当提出吸烟和健康有关的问题时，大多数国家的政府对其恶果视而不见、听而不闻、嗅而不觉。”4.a 世界各国政府应该开展眼里的禁烟运动。因为前面四段都是现象：政策软弱。如英国政府只在电视上禁止烟草广告以高位人们的良知。另一方面人民继续一路吞云吐雾走到癌症死亡。讲烟草的税收高，所以不严禁。这项政策的后果是疾病花费大于烟草税收。烟草广告泛滥毒害人。唯一解救的办法就是禁烟。最后一段是结论，也是画龙点睛的主题和标题。“作为起步，政府可以从禁止烟草广告开始，然后应开展抵制吸烟的广告运动。一切公共场合，如戏院、电影院、返点等应禁止吸烟。应竭尽全力告诫青年，尤其是告诫他们染上恶习的严重后果。在零卖的每包烟盒上应有一令人胆战心惊的警告：例如，一幅骷髅头画像。作为个人，我们力量薄弱，可是如果政府真诚地鼓舞人心的行动起来，他们可以保护我们。”b.世界各国政府采取禁烟政策软弱无力。c.吸烟是许多国家重要收入。这两项是不分具体内容。d.烟草工厂在医疗研究上花了大笔费用。阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a arthur miller (1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. millers father had moved to the usa from austria hungarydrawn like so many other by the “great american dream” however, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the great depression of the early l930s. milless most famous play, death of a salesman, is a powerful attack on the american system. with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. in willy loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into double with his worth. willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the wagner company, and he must go. willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what to do with his lack of success. he refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end. when it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the tony award for best play, the new york drama critics circle award, and the pulitzer prize for drama. it was the first play to win all three of these major awards. miller died of the failure at his home in roxbury, connecticut, on the evening of february 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of death of a salesman on broadway.( ) 1. why did arthur millers father move to the